{"product_id":"tarantula-9780025344501","title":"Tarantula","description":"\u003cp\u003eBob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter who has been a major figure in music for five decades.Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler  and an apparently reluctant figurehead of social unrest. A number of his songs such as \"Blowin in the Wind\" and \"The Times They Are a-Changin\" became anthems for the US civil rights and anti-war movements. His early lyrics had a variety of political  social and philosophical  as well as literary influences. They defied existing pop music conventions and appealed hugely to the counterculture. Initially inspired by the songs of Woody Guthrie Robert Johnson Hank Williams  and the performance styles of Buddy Holly and Little Richard he has both amplified and personalized musical genres  exploring numerous distinct traditions in American songfrom folk  blues and country to gospel  rock and roll  and rockabilly  to English  Scottish  and Irish folk music  and jazz and swing. He performs with guitar  keyboards  and harmonica. Backed by a changing line-up of musicians  he has toured steadily since the late 1980s on what has been dubbed the Never Ending Tour. His accomplishments as a recording artist and performer have been central to his career  but his greatest contribution is generally considered to be his songwriting. Since 1994  Dylan has published three books of drawings and paintings  and his work has been exhibited in major art galleries. As a songwriter and musician  he has received numerous awards over the years including Grammy  Golden Globe  and Academy Awards; he has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame  Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame  and Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2008  a Bob Dylan Pathway was opened in the singers honor in his birthplace of Duluth  Minnesota. The Pulitzer Prize jury in 2008 awarded him a special citation for \"his profound impact on popular music and American culture  marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67910097829941,"sku":"ByrdShop_0025344501","price":65.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780025344501.jpg?v=1793913840","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/tarantula-9780025344501","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}